Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...Officer Jaime Padron, Chief Art Acevedo stopped at Starbucks with his general support officer and right-hand man, Officer Dennis..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Lie of the Mind

A long yet insightful look into families where love and kindness are rare

"...Jake (Kenneth Wayne Bradley, who, with that face, may well have been cloned specifically for..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Jan. 14-21

"...services related to behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disabilities. 3-5pm. Robert Chapa Bldg., 1430 Collier, 440-4063. [email protected]...."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature

Three Dems Aim at Railroad Commission's Williams

Energy industry has too much sway on regulatory body, critics charge

"...who have sought a spot on the three-member panel without fully understanding what it is the commission does. History..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature by Amy Smith

Zupan on Impact

'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity

"...into Frank Deford's ear. Perhaps this compulsion will recede with time – no one knows better than Zupan that..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Fostering Family Values

The Legislature engages in its biennial exercises in gay-bashing -- families be damned.

"...Jeff Lutes waited with hundreds of others last Tuesday night to testify against..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Cruel and Unusual

The Supreme Court decides the death houses can do without a few more victims

"...majority, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote: "Because of their disabilities in areas of reasoning, judgment and control of their..."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Saving All Our Changes

Cyber-castoffs are curated at Austin's Goodwill Computer.

"...a neon-tailed mouse), and the unimposing, no-nonsense used-computer store within, hides a Magic Doorway into Another World. Walk straight..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Features Feature by Michael King

Public Notice

Volunteer Some More

"...ARC of Austin Assist folks with developmental disabilities. 2818 San Gabriel, 78705. 476-7044, Angelia Bingham-Love...."

March 26, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Studies Don’t Support School Closures

"...schools for East Austin and Urban Core kids resonates with recent political campaigns. The architects with the program reassure..."

Oct. 8, 2019 Postmarks

City Council: The Race Is On

Previewing November’s elections for Districts 1, 3, 8, and 9

"...next opportunity to recalibrate the Council and infuse it with some new blood. There are six seats up for..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

The Perils of Big Data

The up- and downsides of student information collection

"...name is inBloom – and it will be invoked with a worrying shudder...."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Do or Do Not

SXSW sports docs follow heroes' journey

"...few stops along the way. "I wanted to collaborate with her, to provide a platform for her strong voice..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The War on Women's Health

To attack Planned Parenthood, lawmakers undermine health care ... and promote more abortions

"...Foes of reproductive choice with the statewide group Texas Right to Life were quick..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reclaiming Education: Hoping for Sanity at the SBOE

Will it take a miracle to oust the religious right bloc?

"...not the 21st. ... The GOP has some good people, but they don't have the right message and they..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 4 General Election

"...the occupation of Iraq and a straightforward and efficient withdrawal – and McCain threatens only more of the same...."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature

Those Who Are About to Die

Your Texas death machine gets rolling again

"...denied the opportunity after he was arrested to consult with Mexican consular officials regarding his detention and prosecution, as..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...hearing of condemned inmate Scott Panetti, who killed two people in 1992 after a long record of serious mental..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature

Farewell to 'Mother Rose'

"...champions of severely challenged children. They don't make many people like Rosemarie "Rose" McGarrigle. An early civil rights activist,..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Rosetta, My Rosetta

"...when Bob vowed to marry "that pretty little girl with the coke-bottle figure" until the day he did so..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Public Notice

Hale-Bopp, She-Bop, We Bop

"...Eclipse, Mars, Saturn and Comet Hale-Bopp. Witness it along with the Austin Astronomical Society (AAS) at Wild Basin Wilderness..."

March 21, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...a lot like one of those Saturday morning serials with the cliffhanger endings, the closure of Capitol City Playhouse..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

Opinion: Toxins and Trauma – The Silent Threat to Austin’s Kids

Austin needs stronger air quality policies, green spaces, and public health measures that prioritize equity and protect vulnerable youth

"...most forward-thinking cities, not every child here grows up with the same promise of a healthy brain and a..."

April 25, 2025 Column by Megan Ramos

Woman-Run Catholic Charity Dissolves After Serving Austin for Over a Century

Running soup kitchens, covering funeral bills, these ladies showed up

"...it quits. “We’re dying,” Roa said of the struggle with membership retention...."

Jan. 10, 2025 News Feature by Amber Williams

Rewriting History

"...recently named her one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. [See "Rewriting History," Sept. 21.]..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Postmarks

Guardians Sue DADS

Families head to court in a last-ditch attempt to keep loved ones at Austin SSLC

"...35th Street SSLC, due to staffing shortages. Seventy-one residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities would need to either find..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...That's Hobo With a Shotgun, to be exact – the Rutger Hauer-starring..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the meantime the ordinance will be enforced in keeping with the judge’s order...."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

"...schools into "small learning communities" – basically, career-oriented schools within schools that emphasize AISD's oft-repeated "four R's" of rigor,..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Dancing About Architecture

A flood of weather (and music) following SXSW

"...Rolling Stone makes mention of the tune Bramhall co-wrote with him ("Superman Inside") and reveals that the former local..."

March 30, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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